Another edition of the World Innovation Summit for Health (WISH) comes to Qatar, hosting the best of healthcare experts from around the world. To be held from 13-14 November, WISH 2018 will witness more than 2000 innovators, entrepreneurs, policymakers, healthcare experts and ministers from over 100 countries come together as one community to collaboratively work to achieve one goal: a healthier world.
Supporting this collaborative and unique vision laid out by WISH, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU) will be hosting and participating in numerous activities showcasing innovation and research work conducted by HBKU’s scientists, researchers, students, and staff.
Chairing the Research Forum on Palliative Care and Islamic Ethics will be Dr. Mohamed Ghaly, Professor of Islam and Biomedical Ethics at the Research Center for Islamic Legislation and Ethics, College of Islamic Studies. ‘Islamic Ethics and Palliative Care’ will be one of nine research topics that will form the focus of the WISH 2018 conference, with Dr. Ghaly leading the WISH Islamic Ethics and Palliative Care research group. The intersection of Islamic ethics and biomedical sciences is Dr. Ghaly’s main specialization.
Speaking about her project in Stars of Science Season 10 will be Qatar Biomedical Research Institute’s Nour Majbour who will participate in a series of short talks given by Stars of Science participants. This series will be featured as part of the WISH Spotlight Stage.
Many other information sessions, panel discussions and activities will see the participation of HBKU members supporting this year’s program at WISH where participants will get the chance to explore some of the world’s most exciting innovations, and contribute to the development of fresh insights that will help shape health policy around the world for years to come.
| Entity | Planned activities | Topic | By | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CILE | Chairing the Research Forum on | Palliative Care and Islamic Ethics | Dr. Mohamed Ghaly | |
| CILE | Dedicated CILE staff members and master students will be available at the booth to talk about Dr. Ghaly’s research | Palliative Care and Islamic Ethics | November 13 & 14, 2018 | |
| CHLS | Dedicated Faculty members will be highlighting a recent publication on: | Genetic analysis of over one million people identifies 535 novel loci for blood pressure | Dr. Borbala Mifsud | November 13 & 14, 2018 |
| HBKU Press | Dedicated staff members will also highlight two children’s books | On topics related to cancer and health problems that they would like to feature on our stand | November 13 & 14, 2018 | |
| CSE | Dedicated staff members will do demo information sessions | Biomedical applications of additive manufacturing | Dr. Younss Ait Mou | 13-Nov-18 |
| CSE | Sedicated staff members will do demo information sessions | n-vivo Colon Polyps Screen Device with Thermotherapy capability | Dr. Bo Wang | 14-Nov-18 |
| CSE | Dedicated staff members will do demo information sessions | Remote healthcare monitoring for diabetic patients in Qatar | Dr. Marwa Qaraqe | 14-Nov-18 |
| QBRI | Dedicated staff members will highlight QBRI initiative on | Autism Diagnosis | Lina O. Hasna | November 13 & 14, 2018 |
| HBKU Press | Dedicated staff members will highlight some of our top read healthcare articles that are related to the themes of the summit which have been published on Qscience.com. | November 13 & 14, 2018 | ||
| CSE | Dr. Dena Al Thani will be participating in a panel discussion | Design for Healthcare | Dr. Dena Al Thani | 13-Nov |
| CHLS | Maha El Akoum, one of our CHLS students, is serving as WISH, Head of Content | Maha El Akoum | ||
| QBRI | Nour Majbour will participate in Stars of Science series of short talks | Noor will be featured on WISH Spotlight stage as part of a series of short talks by Stars of Science participants | TBA | |
| CILE | Participating in the panel on | Palliative Care and Islamic Ethics | Dr. Mohamed Ghaly | |
| CHLS | Partner Meet-Up Session on | Bioinformatics, a tool for precision medicine | Dr. Borbala Mifsud | 13-Nov-18 |
| CSE | Partner Meet-Up Session on | Data Analytics for Health Management | Dr. Dena Al Thani and Dr. YIN YANG DAVID | 14-Nov-18 |
| QBRI | Partner Meet-Up Session on | Interdisciplinary Research Program (IDRP) to Study Diabetes Complications | Dr. Omar Albagha | 13-Nov-18 |
| CILE | Partner Meet-Up Session on | Islamic Bioethics | Dr. Mohamed Ghaly | 13-Nov-18 |
| CHLS | Two of our CHLS students, Munira Aden and Dalal Al Sharshani (from the Masters in GPM program) will be exhibiting their innovation, as WISH Young Innovators | iCommunicate | Munira Aden and Dalal Al Sharshani | |
| QCRI | Dr. Luis Fernandez Luque will be participating in a panel discussion | Policy briefing Applying BI to tackle major NCDs | Dr. Luis Fernandez Luque | |
| QEERI | Dr. Veronica Bermudez, Dr. Husam Baalousha, Dr. Basem Shomar will attend ‘Meet the Author’ activity | Dr. Veronica Bermudez, Dr. Husam Baalousha, Dr. Basem Shomar | 14-Nov-18 |